From owner-freebsd-chat Mon Jan 4 13:35:27 1999 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA08374 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:35:27 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from ime.net (ime.net [209.90.192.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA08366 for ; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 13:35:22 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from netmonger@genesis.ispace.com) Received: from celeris (56k-port4038.ime.net [209.90.195.48]) by ime.net (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id QAA23008; Mon, 4 Jan 1999 16:29:04 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <4.1.19990104162836.00a717f0@genesis.ispace.com> X-Sender: netmonger@genesis.ispace.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.1 Date: Mon, 04 Jan 1999 16:29:02 -0500 To: Mike Smith , Poul-Henning Kamp From: Drew Baxter Subject: Re: physical security (was Re: New boot blocks for serial console ... ) Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <199901042117.NAA00525@dingo.cdrom.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 01:17 PM 1/4/99 -0800, Mike Smith wrote: > >moved to -chat... > >> >So killing the power would destroy the computer. That is one helluva >> >denial of service attack. Screw nestea2 and the script kiddies, all I need >> >is a pair of bolt cutters. >> >> Well, to some people that is better than them getting access to >> the data. Usually though, you'll also need a very large crane to >> lift the thing and the concrete foundation it is bolted onto to >> get to the wires... > >Crap. Go out into the street and cut them there. Use thermite on the >junction box. Bribe a local supply company technician to arrange an >"outage". Bulldoze through the corner of the building and push >the entire thing into the back of a dump truck (this is how you steal >an ATM). I'd be interested where you came up with this one.. and I'm also wondering if I should be worried.. --- Drew "Droobie" Baxter Network Admin/Professional Computer Nerd(TM) OneEX: The OneNetwork Exchange, Bangor Maine USA http://www.droo.orland.me.us PGP ID: 409A1F7D To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message